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Branchioscorpio richardsoni
Taxonomy
Branchioscorpio richardsoni was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is FMNH PE 6176, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cottonwood Canyon (FMNH excavation), which is in a Lochkovian estuary/bay siliciclastic in the Beartooth Butte Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Branchioscorpio.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Branchioscorpio richardsoni Kjellesvig-Waering p. 226 figs. 101, 111F |
| 2013 | Branchioscorpio richardsoni Dunlop et al. p. 30 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Branchioscorpio richardsoni Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lochkovian | USA (Wyoming) | Branchioscorpio richardsoni (type locality: 153534) |